Bug 180078
| Summary: | [patch] mkisoimages.sh(8): make /etc and /var writable on CD media | ||||||||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | Enji Cooper <ngie> | ||||||
| Component: | conf | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> | ||||||
| Status: | Open --- | ||||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | Keywords: | patch | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||||
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Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->re re@ territory. Here's a more functional patch that applies the same set of basic logic as nanobsd.sh does to make /etc and /var writable. Cheers, -Garrett For bugs matching the following criteria: Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01 Reset to default assignee and clear in-progress tags. Mail being skipped Keyword:
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The attached patch makes /etc/ and /var/ writable via /etc/rc.initdiskless which allows me to use /etc and /var as volatile filesystems [until reboot], accomplishing some of the following basic tasks: - Starting the hostid service (needed for doing things with ZFS). - Starting sshd (otherwise it can't write out keys to /etc/ssh/ . - Setting passwords / adding custom users. - Start dhclient (dhclient requires write access to /etc/resolv.conf and /var/run/{interface}.leases Etc. Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: